ABCya!

ABCya is a great site for interactive games and basic computer skills.

I have played on just about every site during my class tonight. Enjoy!

Grammar Ninja

I came across this site in my Diigo Groups...thanks to Pat Hensley!

Grammar Ninja is really simple. Choose a level (there are 3 different levels) of difficulty and then start answering questions!

Grammar Ninja can be used as a quick assessment tool...a score is given at the end of each mission. This would also be a perfect whole group lesson on the Smartboard (in the lab or using your Lightsmith) before you begin your next step. Enjoy?

Technology being used to foster the love of READING or READING fostering online communities?

" Information Literacy and Visual Literacy"

The 39 Clues, is a series of books published by Scholastic that combines a cool adventure story with an amazing interactive website and more.
Create an account, answer some questions to determine your ‘family’ to play the game. Your family is chosen based on your answers. You have to read the books to find clues and solve the puzzle, using your reasoning and resarching skills the entire time. My son just started book one....we will see how it goes from here. Feel free to test this site and let me know how it works for you.

CREATE INTERACTIVE GAMES

I found this site while reading several blogs (Oswego City School District) and now I can't remember where I found it. I wanted to give credit...sorry. This site allows you to create your own games/quizzes/study guides and post them on your wiki or you can create games to use whole group with your Lightsmith. The best part is that your students can create the games. It’s easy and fun. No instructions beyond what you see on the screen.

Fun Interactive Sites!

I love to find interactive sites that students can play on the computer or ....can be shown whole group on a Lightsmith...I am going to keep a running list of new sites to be added to my home page http://www.teacherstone.com which I will be updating soon. I will try to star new sites on the k-2 and 3-5 link sites. But until then, check out these sites.
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html and http://www.schooltimegames.com/
Enjoy!

Stock Market

Had a long discussion about the STOCK MARKET with my 5th grade son...not to mention with my husband as well (who is not very happy right now). I must admit, my son has a pretty good understanding of supply/demand. Below are some great links we found:

Big Money Adventures

Play the Market

US Treasury Kids

Wally OneShare

It is never too early to educate kids on the stock market.